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David Clapson

All pictures copyright Gill Thompson or John Pring/DNS

David Clapson, resting his arm on the back of a chair, and his sister Gill resting her hands on his elbow
David Clapson and his sister Gill
A woman examines a card that has been tied to an oak sapling
Gill Thompson with the oak sapling that was planted in memory of her brother, David, just yards from where he used to live.
The front entrance to the Red Lion pub, with signseither side of the door and a Red Lion image hanging above the door
The Red Lion in Stevenage
A three storey block of flats with scaffolding covering it. and grass and hedges in front
The flats where David lived at the time of his death.
A German Shepherd type dog standing on two chairs, being stroked by two children, a boy and a girl
Gill and David with Rin Tin Tin.
A teenage David Clapson cuddling his mum
A teenage David and his mum.
An older woman sits smiling by a table, with a younger man standing behind her, with his hands resting on a table.
David and his mum.
Gill Thompson, surrounded by other protesters, holds up two pictures of David, and holds a banner saying 'Death Worry Persecution, oppose tightening of WCA
Gill at a Disabled People Against Cuts protest outside the DWP in March 2024.